Hi Don!,
Sorry for the late reply as I have been busy and just noticed your message,
To answer your queston,
When designing these decks, the centrepoint of focus was on have the intricate framework in place to showcase each of the playing card suits that are used within a deck of playing cards.....This framework then became the foundation to work with and was applied to both the tuck box design as well as being applied throughout the decks design to present each card in the deck.....the indices sizing and placement eventuated by working within the framework that was first established for presenting a set of playing cards in..... and although unconventional in respect to application purposes, the card illustrations still have a good table presence and readability from a distance for card games such as poker, being that the larger indicies on the court cards as well as the large suits and centre text for each of the cards allows for card functionality as players are able to see the card values from a distance around a table during gameplay......and although card values are printed small in the corners of the cards, a positive to this is that when peeking at your cards in a game of poker, you yourself can read the card values up close, however the other players, and also spectators, are unable to read the values in the corners from a distance, so your hand is not compromised in this regard.
The private reserve decks where designed as a form of artistic expression for a set of playing cards while keeping with the theme of the decks, while the premier edition decks were designed with card functionallity at the fore-front by having standard USA Card faces and including additional cards for card magic (Decks include double backer plus a gaff card and an inbuilt card trick that requires no skill level to perform straight out of the pack with a powerful card magic effect).
Between the deck styles on offer (both Standard and custom) I wanted to present decks of playing cards that project a sense of fine quality, class and sophistication, to be primarily offered as collectors editions, and to also include fully functional decks with added features (for the standard card face designed decks), which although are designed as collectors editions also, still have great card functionality and can be used for card magic, cardistry, card games, poker etc by having standard card face designs that the card community is familiar with.
Thanks for the question by the way Don, and I hope this helps give you more of an insight into my approach for designing these decks
Best Regards,
Craig
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